Deuterium‐and tritium‐labelled compounds: applications in the life sciences

J Atzrodt, V Derdau, WJ Kerr… - Angewandte chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen isotopes are unique tools for identifying and understanding biological and
chemical processes. Hydrogen isotope labelling allows for the traceless and direct …

Mineralogy and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediments in Gale crater, Mars: A review after six Earth years of exploration with Curiosity

EB Rampe, DF Blake, TF Bristow, DW Ming… - Geochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover arrived at Mars in August 2012 with a
primary goal of characterizing the habitability of ancient and modern environments. Curiosity …

Organic matter preserved in 3-billion-year-old mudstones at Gale crater, Mars

JL Eigenbrode, RE Summons, A Steele, C Freissinet… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Establishing the presence and state of organic matter, including its possible biosignatures,
in martian materials has been an elusive quest, despite limited reports of the existence of …

Long-term drying of Mars by sequestration of ocean-scale volumes of water in the crust

EL Scheller, BL Ehlmann, R Hu, DJ Adams, YL Yung - Science, 2021 - science.org
Geological evidence shows that ancient Mars had large volumes of liquid water. Models of
past hydrogen escape to space, calibrated with observations of the current escape rate …

A habitable fluvio-lacustrine environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

JP Grotzinger, DY Sumner, LC Kah, K Stack, S Gupta… - Science, 2014 - science.org
The Curiosity rover discovered fine-grained sedimentary rocks, which are inferred to
represent an ancient lake and preserve evidence of an environment that would have been …

Miniature and fieldable mass spectrometers: recent advances

DT Snyder, CJ Pulliam, Z Ouyang… - Analytical chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
We discuss mini MS systems in terms of individual components and at a systems level.
Portable systems from academic and commercial laboratories are emphasized, but meso …

Mars' surface radiation environment measured with the Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover

DM Hassler, C Zeitlin, RF Wimmer-Schweingruber… - science, 2014 - science.org
The Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) on the Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover
began making detailed measurements of the cosmic ray and energetic particle radiation …

Organic molecules in the sheepbed mudstone, gale crater, mars

C Freissinet, DP Glavin, PR Mahaffy… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on board the Mars Science
Laboratory Curiosity rover is designed to conduct inorganic and organic chemical analyses …

Habitability: a review

CS Cockell, T Bush, C Bryce, S Direito, M Fox-Powell… - Astrobiology, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Habitability is a widely used word in the geoscience, planetary science, and astrobiology
literature, but what does it mean? In this review on habitability, we define it as the ability of …

Transient liquid water and water activity at Gale crater on Mars

FJ Martín-Torres, MP Zorzano, P Valentín-Serrano… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Water is a requirement for life as we know it. Indirect evidence of transient liquid water has
been observed from orbiter on equatorial Mars, in contrast with expectations from large …